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12-letter words containing n, a, m, b

  • backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
  • bad-mannered — having bad manners; impolite
  • bainqen lama — Tashi Lama.
  • balance beam — a long, narrow, horizontal wooden beam raised about 4 feet (1.2 m) above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform balancing routines consisting of jumps, tumbles, turns, running steps, etc.
  • balkan frame — an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
  • balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
  • ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
  • bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
  • bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bank manager — A bank manager is someone who is in charge of a bank, or a particular branch of a bank, and who is involved in making decisions about whether or not to lend money to businesses and individuals.
  • banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
  • bantamweight — A bantamweight is a boxer who weighs between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms. A bantamweight is heavier than a flyweight but lighter than a featherweight.
  • barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
  • barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
  • barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
  • barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
  • basementless — without a basement
  • basketmaking — The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
  • battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
  • be damned if — If someone says 'I'm damned if I'm going to do it' or 'I'll be damned if I'll do it', they are emphasizing that they do not intend to do something and think it is unreasonable for anyone to expect them to do it.
  • beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
  • bead molding — bead (def 12).
  • beam antenna — an antenna that transmits its radiation in a particular direction.
  • beam balance — a piece of apparatus used for artistic gymnastics
  • bear in mind — to remember
  • beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
  • bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
  • beech marten — stone marten.
  • bench-warmer — a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game.
  • benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
  • bequeathment — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
  • beurre manie — butterpaste.
  • bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
  • bilingualism — Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages equally well.
  • bimillennial — relating to a bimillennium
  • bio-organism — a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon
  • bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
  • biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
  • biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
  • biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
  • biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
  • biting mania — an epidemic in which people have a compulsion to bite others, as in 15th-century Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
  • blamableness — the state of being blamable
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • bliss carman — (William) Bliss, 1861–1929, Canadian poet and journalist in the U.S.
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
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